Kiscaden Keeps Lions Ahead Of The Game

THE PAGE 4 PROPS - Boys Athlete of the Week - PAT KISCADEN

January 1, 2004|By Shannon Shelton, Sentinel Staff Writer

As usual, Oviedo's boys basketball team is proving itself to be one of the better squads in Central Florida. Unlike past years, however, the Lions have no true big man this season, but a group of speedy guards who are still getting the job done.

"We're not going to match up to them in size, so we just try to outrun them and wear them out,'' said senior Pat Kiscaden, a 6-2 point guard/shooting guard.

Kiscaden averaged 22 points a game during Oviedo's 3-1 run through the Great Florida Shoot Out last week in Kissimmee. The Lions finished third, the best result for a Florida team in the competition.

Oviedo has long done well in the Shootout, seen by many teams as a good early-season tuneup.

"We always play some of our toughest competition at that tournament,'' Kiscaden said.